Figurative British painter Patrick Procktor worked with oil paints, thin acrylic washes, and watercolours to create paintings based on his extensive travels in Venice, Mumbai, China, and Japan.

Procktor studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art and later had a breakthrough first exhibition at Redfern Gallery in 1963, which famously sold out before opening. The following year, Procktor participated in the “New Generation” show at Whitechapel.